List of Billboard Alternative Airplay number ones of the 2020s

Alternative Airplay is a record chart published by the music industry magazine Billboard that ranks the most-played songs on American modern rock radio stations. Introduced in September 1988,[1] the chart is based on airplay data compiled from a panel of national rock radio stations, with songs being ranked by their total number of spins per week.[2] Stations on the panel are electronically monitored by Mediabase, who replaced Broadcast Data Systems in this capacity beginning with the chart dated November 12, 2022.[3] The first number-one song of the 2020s on the chart was "Orphans" by Coldplay.

Number-one songs

Key

† – Billboard year-end number-one song
↑ – Return of a song to number one
Contents
Song Artist Reached number one Weeks at
number one 		Ref.
"Orphans" Coldplay December 21, 2019 4 [4]
"Dissolve" Absofacto January 18, 2020 2 [5]
"Running Up That Hill" Meg Myers February 1, 2020 2 [6]
"Might Be Right" White Reaper February 15, 2020 1 [7]
"Everything I Wanted" Billie Eilish February 22, 2020 3 [8]
"Novocaine" The Unlikely Candidates March 14, 2020 2 [9]
"Cradles" Sub Urban March 28, 2020 1 [10]
"Everything I Wanted" ↑ Billie Eilish April 4, 2020 2 [8]
"Oh Yeah!" Green Day April 18, 2020 1 [11]
"Caution" The Killers April 25, 2020 2 [12]
"Level of Concern" †[13] Twenty One Pilots May 9, 2020 14 [14]
"Honeybee" The Head and the Heart August 15, 2020 1 [15]
"Hero" Weezer August 22, 2020 1 [16]
"Hallucinogenics" Matt Maeson August 29, 2020 3 [17]
"Monsters" †[18] All Time Low featuring Blackbear September 19, 2020 17 [19]
"Leave Me Alone" I Dont Know How But They Found Me January 16, 2021 1 [20]
"Monsters" ↑ †[18] All Time Low featuring Blackbear January 23, 2021 1 [19]
"Fire for You" Cannons January 30, 2021 1 [21]
"Therefore I Am" Billie Eilish February 6, 2021 1 [22]
"Skin and Bones" Cage the Elephant February 13, 2021 4 [23]
"My Ex's Best Friend" Machine Gun Kelly featuring Blackbear March 13, 2021 1 [24]
"Heat Waves" Glass Animals March 20, 2021 3 [25]
"My Ex's Best Friend" ↑ Machine Gun Kelly featuring Blackbear April 10, 2021 2 [24]
"Follow You" Imagine Dragons April 24, 2021 1 [26]
"Shy Away" Twenty One Pilots May 1, 2021 8 [27]
"Follow You" ↑ Imagine Dragons June 26, 2021 4 [26]
"All My Favorite Songs" Weezer July 24, 2021 4 [28]
"We Are Between" Modest Mouse August 21, 2021 2 [29]
"Saturday" Twenty One Pilots September 4, 2021 5 [30]
"Beggin'" Måneskin October 9, 2021 11 [31]
"Brightside" The Lumineers December 25, 2021 4 [32]
"The Outside" Twenty One Pilots January 22, 2022 3 [33]
"Enemy" †[34] Imagine Dragons and JID February 12, 2022 7 [35]
"Black Summer" Red Hot Chili Peppers April 2, 2022 4 [36]
"Enemy" ↑ †[34] Imagine Dragons and JID April 30, 2022 2 [35]
"Wild Child" The Black Keys May 14, 2022 2 [37]
"Love Brand New" Bob Moses May 28, 2022 3 [38]
"A Little Bit of Love" Weezer June 18, 2022 2 [39]
"Toxic" BoyWithUke July 2, 2022 1 [40]
"Viva Las Vengeance" Panic! at the Disco July 9, 2022 3 [41]
"Supermodel" Måneskin July 30, 2022 5 [42]
"Boy" The Killers September 3, 2022 6 [43]
"Tippa My Tongue" Red Hot Chili Peppers October 15, 2022 1 [44]
"Here to Forever" Death Cab for Cutie October 22, 2022 1 [45]
"Sex, Drugs, Etc." Beach Weather October 29, 2022 1 [46]
"Edging" Blink-182 November 5, 2022 13 [47]
"This Is Why" Paramore February 4, 2023 1 [48]
"Sleepwalking" All Time Low February 11, 2023 2 [49]
"Records" Weezer February 25, 2023 1 [50]
"Love from the Other Side" Fall Out Boy March 4, 2023 3 [51]
"Lost" †[52] Linkin Park March 25, 2023 3 [53]
"Love from the Other Side" ↑ Fall Out Boy April 15, 2023 3 [51]
"Lost" ↑ †[52] Linkin Park May 6, 2023 3 [53]
"Rescued" Foo Fighters May 27, 2023 10 [54]
"Emergency Contact" Pierce the Veil August 5, 2023 1 [55]
"Rescue Me" Dirty Heads August 12, 2023 4 [56]
"Just Pretend" Bad Omens September 9, 2023 1 [57]
"Dial Drunk" Noah Kahan and Post Malone September 16, 2023 2 [58]
"Under You" Foo Fighters September 30, 2023 3 [59]
"One More Time" Blink-182 October 21, 2023 20 [60]
"Landmines" †[61] Sum 41 March 9, 2024 2 [62]
"Beautiful People (Stay High)" The Black Keys March 23, 2024 2 [63]
"Neon Pill" Cage the Elephant April 6, 2024 4 [64]
"Dilemma" Green Day May 4, 2024 8 [65]
"Too Sweet" Hozier June 29, 2024 11 [66]
"Rainbow" Cage the Elephant September 14, 2024 2 [67]
"Stargazing" Myles Smith September 28, 2024 1 [68]
"The Emptiness Machine" Linkin Park October 5, 2024 5 [69]
"That's How I'm Feeling" Jack White November 9, 2024 3 [70]
"Dopamine" Sum 41 November 30, 2024 1 [71]
"Sad in Carolina" Dexter and the Moonrocks December 7, 2024 4 [72]

References

  1. ^ Molanphy, Chris (April 19, 2012). "100 & Single: Gotye And fun. Help Alternative Rock Go Pop Once Again". The Village Voice. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
  2. ^ "The Charts". Sun Herald. August 25, 2008. Archived from the original on July 24, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  3. ^ "Billboard to Begin Using Mediabase Radio Airplay Data for Charts Dated Nov. 12". Billboard. November 3, 2022. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
  4. ^ References for "Orphans" chart performance:
  5. ^ References for "Dissolve" chart performance:
  6. ^ References for "Running Up That Hill" chart performance:
  7. ^ References for "Might Be Right" chart performance:
  8. ^ a b References for "Everything I Wanted" chart performance:
  9. ^ References for "Novocaine" chart performance:
  10. ^ References for "Cradles" chart performance:
  11. ^ References for "Oh Yeah!" chart performance:
  12. ^ References for "Caution" chart performance:
  13. ^ "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2020)". Billboard. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  14. ^ References for "Level of Concern" chart performance:
  15. ^ References for "Honeybee" chart performance:
  16. ^ References for "Hero" chart performance:
  17. ^ References for "Hallucinogenics" chart performance:
  18. ^ a b "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2021)". Billboard. Retrieved December 4, 2021.
  19. ^ a b References for "Monsters" chart performance:
  20. ^ References for "Leave Me Alone" chart performance:
  21. ^ References for "Fire for You" chart performance:
  22. ^ References for "Therefore I Am" chart performance:
  23. ^ References for "Skin and Bones" chart performance:
  24. ^ a b References for "My Ex's Best Friend" chart performance:
  25. ^ References for "Heat Waves" chart performance:
  26. ^ a b References for "Follow You" chart performance:
  27. ^ References for "Shy Away" chart performance:
  28. ^ References for "All My Favorite Songs" chart performance:
  29. ^ References for "We Are Between" chart performance:
  30. ^ References for "Saturday" chart performance:
  31. ^ References for "Beggin'" chart performance:
  32. ^ References for "Brightside" chart performance:
  33. ^ References for "The Outside" chart performance:
  34. ^ a b "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2022)". Billboard. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  35. ^ a b References for "Enemy" chart performance:
  36. ^ References for "Black Summer" chart performance:
  37. ^ References for "Wild Child" chart performance:
  38. ^ References for "Love Brand New" chart performance:
  39. ^ References for "A Little Bit of Love" chart performance:
  40. ^ References for "Toxic" chart performance:
  41. ^ References for "Viva Las Vengeance" chart performance:
  42. ^ References for "Supermodel" chart performance:
  43. ^ References for "Boy" chart performance:
  44. ^ References for "Tippa My Tongue" chart performance:
  45. ^ References for "Here to Forever" chart performance:
  46. ^ References for "Sex, Drugs, Etc." chart performance:
  47. ^ References for "Edging" chart performance:
  48. ^ References for "This Is Why" chart performance:
  49. ^ References for "Sleepwalking" chart performance:
  50. ^ References for "Records" chart performance:
  51. ^ a b References for "Love from the Other Side" chart performance:
  52. ^ a b "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2023)". Billboard. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  53. ^ a b References for "Lost" chart performance:
  54. ^ References for "Rescued" chart performance:
  55. ^ References for "Emergency Contact" chart performance:
  56. ^ References for "Rescue Me" chart performance:
  57. ^ References for "Just Pretend" chart performance:
  58. ^ References for "Dial Drunk" chart performance:
  59. ^ References for "Under You" chart performance:
  60. ^ References for "One More Time" chart performance:
  61. ^ "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2024)". Billboard. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
  62. ^ References for "Landmines" chart performance:
  63. ^ References for "Beautiful People (Stay High)" chart performance:
  64. ^ References for "Neon Pill" chart performance:
  65. ^ References for "Dilemma" chart performance:
  66. ^ References for "Too Sweet" chart performance:
  67. ^ References for "Rainbow" chart performance:
  68. ^ References for "Stargazing" chart performance:
  69. ^ References for "The Emptiness Machine" chart performance:
  70. ^ References for "That's How I'm Feeling" chart performance:
  71. ^ References for "Dopamine" chart performance:
  72. ^ References for "Sad in Carolina" chart performance: